@raytiely and I created a D7 version of media_archive to allow video from Archive.org to be added as internet resources a few weeks ago. It works with beta4 of Media, but needs some updates to work with the latest updates.

Because Archive.org allows access to the H.264 and Ogg for all files, we used HTML5 playback as the default instead of Archive.org's flash player. We used a very basic HTML5 approach, but I'd prefer to use html5_media.

Before updating media_archive again, I was looking into how we could add html5_media as a dependency to handle the playback, but roll back to embedding Archive.org's flash player if the browser didn't support HTML5.

Is it possible to pass the H.264, Ogg, and fallback Flash player to html5_media or would I still need to do the browser detection in media_archive?

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travist CreditAttribution: travist commented
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Sorry for the late response. This issue slipped under my radar.

So, to answer your question, I would say that this module is not yet mature enough to use on any production environment, but what I plan to do with it will certainly be able to handle your needs. The next thing that I am going to incorporate within this module is the automated and built in flash fallback for non supporting browsers, and then after that, will incorporate a plugin based system where 3rd party modules can hook in and provide their own API players for providers such as YouTube and Vimeo. I am not sure if Archive.org provides an API for their flash player, but if they do, then it can easily be done to tie directly into the media player that this module will provide.

Hope this answers your question.

Thanks,

Travis.